Ezekiel 20:47-49

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁴⁷ say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. ⁴⁸ All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. ⁴⁹ Then I said, ‘Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, “Is he not a maker of allegories?”’